News

• May 5, 2026 R Package
  Infomap is now on R-universe

  After many requests, Infomap is now available as an idiomatic R package with SWIG bindings. Install it from R-universe and run multilevel community detection directly from R — including a high-level cluster_infomap() helper that takes an edge list and returns modules, codelength, and a tidy node table. This brings the same algorithm and feature set as the Python API to the R community.

• May 5, 2026 Release
  Infomap v2.10

  Per-level module counts in JSON output, idiomatic R package with SWIG bindings, library-safe no-output mode (changelog)

• Feb 25, 2026 Release
  Infomap v2.9

  Enhanced CLI summary output, codelength correction for higher-order solutions, NetworkX multilayer graph state ID handling (changelog)

• Feb 3, 2026 Publication
  Community Detection with the Map Equation and Infomap: Theory and Applications

  ACM Computing Surveys 58(7), 1-34 (2026)

• 2026 Publication
  Mapping memory-biased dynamics with compact models reveals overlapping communities in large networks

  Journal of Physics: Complexity (2026)

• Oct 16, 2025 Preprint
  Reliable data clustering with Bayesian community detection

  arXiv:2510.15013 (2025)

• Apr 15, 2025 Publication
  Compressing regularized dynamics improves link prediction with the map equation in sparse networks

  Physical Review E 111, 044309 (2025)

• Jun 20, 2024 Release
  Infomap v2.8

  Build a state network directly from a NetworkX graph; default inter/intra multilayer format in the Python API (changelog)

• Apr 17, 2024 Publication
  Module-based regularization improves Gaussian graphical models when observing noisy data

  Applied Network Science 9, 8 (2024)

• Nov 21, 2023 Publication
  Modelling temporal networks with Markov chains, community structures and change points

  Temporal Network Theory (Springer, 2023), Chapter 4

• Jun 26, 2023 Publication
  Mapping change in higher-order networks with multilevel and overlapping communities

  Applied Network Science 8, 42 (2023)

• Jun 22, 2023 Publication
  Compressing network populations with modal networks reveals structural diversity

  Communications Physics 6, 148 (2023)

• Apr 4, 2023 Release
  Infomap v2.7

  New precomputed flow model that takes node and link flow as input, plus zero-weight link filtering (changelog)

• Nov 15, 2022 Publication
  Cross-validation of correlation networks using modular structure

  Applied Network Science 7, 75 (2022)

• Aug 9, 2022 Release
  Infomap v2.6

  Variable Markov time for resolution control, plus an entropy_rate property in the Python API (changelog)

• Jan 29, 2022 Preprint
  Map Equation Centrality: A Community-Aware Centrality Score Based on the Map Equation

  arXiv:2201.12590

• 2022 Publication
  Similarity-based Link Prediction from Modular Compression of Network Flows

  Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, PMLR 198:52:1-52:18 (2022)

• Dec 10, 2021 Research paper
  Mapping flows on weighted and directed networks with incomplete observations

  J. Comp. Net. 9, 6 (2021)

• Nov 9, 2021 Preprint
  Metadata-informed community detection with lazy encoding using absorbing random walks

  arXiv:2111.05158

• Oct 14, 2021 Release
  Infomap binaries

  Infomap binaries are now available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. We also build binary wheels for Windows and macOS.

• Oct 4, 2021 Release
  Infomap v1.7

  Updated Python API, documentation, and bug fixes (changelog)

• Sep 22, 2021 Release
  Infomap v1.5

  Updated Python API, bug fixes, CSV and JSON output (changelog)

• Jun 11, 2021 Research Paper
  How choosing random-walk model and network representation matters for flow-based community detection in hypergraphs

  Comm. Phys. 4, 133 (2021)

• May 11, 2021 Preprint
  Flow-based community detection in hypergraphs

  arXiv:2105.04389

• Nov 11, 2020 Research paper
  Mapping flows on bipartite networks

  Phys. Rev. E 102, 052305 (2020)

• Sep 16, 2020 Release
  Infomap on Docker Hub

  Run Infomap on any operating system with Docker

• Jul 6, 2020 Research paper
  Mapping flows on sparse networks with missing links

  Phys. Rev. E 102, 012302 (2020)

• Feb 28, 2020 Release
  Infomap v1.0

  new Python API, web worker, semantic versioning and more (readme, changelog, issues)

• May 29, 2019 Research paper
  Exploring the solution landscape enables more reliable network community detection

  Phys. Rev. E 100, 052308 (2019)

• May 27, 2019 Infomap tool
  Infomap Online

  Network community detection using the Map Equation framework with a graphical user interface

• May 2, 2019 Mapping tool
  Multi-level Alluvial Generator

  interactive mapping of change in hierarchical networks

• Nov 22, 2017 Research paper
  Mapping intermittent communities efficiently in temporal networks

  Phys. Rev. E 97, 062312 (2018)

• Sep 30, 2017 Research paper
  Mapping higher-order network flows in memory and multilayer networks with Infomap

  Algorithms 10, 112 (2017)

• Apr 11, 2017 Source code
  Infomap on Windows

  run Infomap in bash on ubuntu on Windows

• Jul 4, 2016 Preprint
  Maps of sparse Markov chains efficiently reveal community structure in network flows with memory

  arXiv:1606.08328

• Dec 5, 2015 Mapping tool
  Infomap Bioregions

  interactive mapping of biogeographical regions from species distributions